"LinkedIn is Dead!" -- loudly proclaim all the B2B sales professionals around the world as soon as they fail to generate B2B leads and sales on LinkedIn... The. Worlds. Largest. B2B. Network. If this is you, or you've been starting to feel like LinkedIn's turning into the "Facebook for professionals"... You know... the mudslinging battleground really more [...]
Lead Generation Statistics Not too long ago, I dove into some of our copious data from the 2013 State of Inbound Marketing Report to figure out where marketers get their customers. So I thought it’d be a good idea to back up a little bit and look at not just where customers come from — [...]
This article discusses prospecting strategies and how to efficiently reach your target market. Media Channels Frequency Reach Calendar Audiences Creative Activity Reporting Marketing campaigns establish brand image, whether good, or bad your campaign is influencing your target audience’s perception of your brand. Marketing emails can be redundant, sales calls can be insistent enough to irritate. [...]
Understanding how your messages are passively discovered is an interesting factor in determining your investment strategy. Many paid techniques for passive discovery - such as banner advertising for instance - are inherently trackable. However, it is equally true that the great content that allows your organization to earn passive discovery is often much less trackable. [...]
Optimized Lead Generation Lead generation requires us to understand and follow the different stages of engagement that a business prospects progresses through. By analyzing a buyers "digital body language' you can categorize buyers as the following: Inactive Aware Engaged Interested Needs Analysis of some sort Solution Presentation Solution Proposal Commitment and Negotiation Closed Deal At [...]
Marketers can no longer sit back and "buy attention" through mass media and then rely on professional salespeople to step in to guide buyers from discovery call through close. Engaging the changed buyer requires new insight. Search is the new sales person. "The buyer searching for information must be educated. Perceptions must change. Objections must [...]
Cost per lead kills companies because there is a very basic conflict of interest: One department sets quantity standards, while another department sets the budget and another group is responsible for implementing the budget and driving potential prospects in the door. This lead generation group has the responsibility to meet the quota set for quantity [...]
Lead management really comes down to the basics. In this post we outline how to approach common problems in bridging the gap between your sales and marketing departments. Symptoms of a Lead Quality Problem: Leads are delivered to sales with little, if any, specific lead-by-lead feedback. Marketing's objective defaults to quantity and CPL because there [...]
